His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama an illustrated biography, foreword by Tendzin Choegyal (Ngari Rinpoche)

Tethong, Tenzin Geyche

ISBN: 9788194643371, 8194643376

Mustang building: Tibetan temples and vernacular architecture in Nepal Himalaya

Harrison, John

ISBN: 9789937069427, 9937069424

Mustang is a district in Nepal, but it lies north of the main Himalayan chain, on the Tibetan plateau. Tibetan Buddhist temples were built in Mustang and adorned with magnificent wall paintings, and they survive today when much of the architecture and art of Tibet itself was lost during the Chinese Culture Revolution from 1966 to 1976.

Sakya Pandita's treatise on music, with a comm. by Kunga Sonam

Canzio, Ricardo

ISBN: 9789937733076, 9937733073

Sacred chanting and its accompanying instrumental music are vital elements of Tibetan ritual practice, performed in the context of consecration or empowerment ceremonies and rites of spiritual attainment, including communal offerings, protector liturgies and masked dances.

Tibet: when the gods spoke: India Tibet relations 1947-1962, Part 3 (July 1954-February 1957)

Arpi, Claude

ISBN: 9789388161565, 9388161564

Volume 3 looks into the consequences of the Chinese presence on the Tibetan plateau.

Finding Shangri la: visions of Ladakh and Spiti

Singh, Mahendra

ISBN: 9788195124879, 8195124879

Ancient adventurers have often spoken of a mystical land of perfect harmony and eternal bliss nestled Tibetan Plateau - the legendary Shangri La, the author travelled through some of the last surviving remnants of authentic Tibetan life found in the valleys of Ladakh and Spiti; often referred to as `Little Tibet'. He travelled through remote valleys, ventured across stark landscapes and visited...

Drenpa's proclamation: the rise and decline of the Bon religion in Tibet, in collaboration with Joanna Bialek and Charles Ramble,

ISBN: 9789937733304, 9937733308

This book is dating from the 12th century C.E., is the earliest known coherent account, told from the perspective of the Bon religion, of how and why it came to pass that Buddhism was introduced into Tibet during the Tibetan Empire (a period that ended in 842 C.E.). Bon emerged in the 10th- 11th century C.E. in Central Tibet, in the context of the `Later Propagation' of Buddhism in Tibet in the...

Tibetan Buddhism and modern physics: a quantum mechanical challenge toward a union of love and knowledge

Mansfield, Vic

ISBN: 9788178223766, 8178223767

We live in a physical world. We have a physical body and a mind, the two of which are closely interconnected. In fact, it is our experience of physical sensation and emotional response that makes us sentient beings. Yet, if we compare the physical and mental influences upon our lives, it is clear that physical pain can be subdued by strength of mind; therefore, mental happiness and satisfaction...

Tibetan yoga and secret doctrine

Wentz, W.Y. Evans

ISBN: 9788178222509, 8178222507

To embody orally transmitted traditions abd teachings relating to texts collected from Late Lama Kazi Dawasamdup and to place on records not only a 'Catena' (of carefully made translations of text)which are still a subject of inquiring for Occidental countries, all these have beensuccessfully attempted by this book. The seven principal texts which belong to a date long way beyond the time to wh...